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Online Class: Organize for Safety at Home

You can never prepare 100% for every disaster or emergency situation. Emergency or disaster situations usually do not provide enough warning. It is impossible to anticipate exactly what will happen in your life and when, but you can take control of planning your supplies and getting your home organized to be as safe and secure as possible. This course will take you through some basic steps of getting your home organized so you can be as emergency ready as possible.

You could easily have the basic necessary resources on hand to get your family through the first hours of a difficult situation when you do the quick tips in this course. The seven lessons in this course will cover:

Lesson 1. The Emergency Planning Binder

Lesson 2: Where to Find Supplies

Lesson 3: Call Centers and Supply Kits

Lesson 4: Water and Food Ideas

Lesson 5: Organize and Store Supplies

Lesson 6: Organize to Stay In Touch

Lesson 7: Additional Considerations and Resources

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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1.0 CEUs

Course Description

If a natural disaster was on the way, would you and your family have emergency supplies ready to "grab and go"? Would you be organized to take care of your family needs for at least three days if an emergency happened today?

This class "Organize Your Home and Family for an Emergency and Disaster" will show you the basic information and tips you need to prepare you family and home for emergencies. Stop thinking about gathering supplies and get it done with this easy class so you can have the peace of mind you deserve. Find out that having emergency supplies can be helpful in even for everyday home based emergencies. You can use you supplies and replenish them as you do everyday things and still have what you need in an emergency.

Millions of families never prepare even the most basic supplies for emergencies. Why be caught off guard?

' Organize your emergency kits as you do everyday chores without spending a lot of money

' Create a basic "grab and go" emergency kit for the first three critical days of an emergency

' Understand the types of foods to get organized and consider recipes anyone could prepare

' Get the whole family involved in organizing supplies

Also get: ' web sources to keep you updated with current information

' dozens of emergency kits ideas

' ideas to organize for children, the elderly, and even your pet.

No hard to understand language; just realistic, budget conscious information. You will wonder what took you so long to get organized for safety.

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

Lesson 1. The Emergency Planning Binder - In this first lesson, understand the difference between an emergency and a disaster and why you can't procrastinate getting organized. Create your Emergency Plannning Binder.
Lesson 2: Where to Find Supplies - Finding supplies to store for emergencies doesn't have to be expensive, boring or time-consuming. In fact, this lesson will show you that you probably have most of what you need for emergencies already in your home.
Lesson 3: Call Centers and Supply Kits - Knowing you need emergency supplies and putting them in an easy to grab format are two different things. This lesson looks at emergency call centers and emergency kit preparation.
Lesson 4: Water and Food Ideas - You can't live without water and food. Learn how to find, store and use these vital supplies in an emergency.
Lesson 5: Organize and Store Supplies - After you gather supplies you have to store them. Make sure you can easily get to what you need, select an appropriate container, and consider possible situations you might encounter.
Lesson 6: Organize to Stay In Touch - What happens if you get separated from family members during an emergency or disaster? How will you get back in touch? What additional organizing can you do for special needs such as for the elderly or young children in the home? This lesson will let you
Lesson 7: Additional Considerations and Resources - You will find many benefits to learning how to get organized in your home. This lesson points out some of those benefits and provides suggestions for additional areas of emergency organizing for the home and premises.

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